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The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, Book 1)
James Patterson
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Awesome book - 11 yr old daughter read it all in 7 days
My daughter loved this book. Once she decided to try to read it she couldn't put it down. She finished the last half of the book in an all day reading marathon. She wants to continue reading the rest of the series. Her friend and her grandmother both want to borrow ...
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The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World
Lynne McTaggart
Free Press, 2008
Research and The Power of Thought-Great!
An important book on an important subject. A fabulous book that puts together research and science about the power of thought as a reality-maker.Coupled with another favorite of mine that I use daily,Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret WorkbookI have been on a joyful ...
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
George Johnson
Knopf, 2008
Delightful Reminders
George Johnson chose experiments that "...were those rare moments when, using the materials at hand, a curious soul figured out a way to pose a question to the universe and persisted until it replied." Most of the experiments Johnson chose are familiar to science ...
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Human Anatomy Coloring Book (Colouring Books)
Margaret Matt, Joe Ziemian
Dover Publications, 1982
Good quality, good price
This children's easy learning technique applied to adults is a great way of learning the anatomy, even if you are in the middle of med school.
And coloring is so much fun. A must for children and adults.
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Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. ...
Frances O'Roark Dowell
Aladdin, 2007
And from out of left field comes...
Children's librarians must find books to add to their collections from a wide variety of different sources. They read professional serials like Horn Book and School Library Journal. They receive Advanced Readers Copies and read clever blogs that always discuss new ...
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Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, ...
William Gurstelle
Chicago Review Press, 2001
Just Plain Fun
Being a parent and a science teacher, I really love this book. It takes me back to my younger years when it was fun to launch anything more than 10 feet and still have all of your hair intact. What fun this book is! Gurstelle is great!
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The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World ...
Tom Robinson
Adams Media, 2001
Best fun we had
product provided hours of fun for grandkids. especailly the list for things to make a science kit. Now we don't have to look for the things to have fun with. Good book.
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Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research (6th Edition)
Roger R. Hock
Prentice Hall, 2008
textbooks can be good
I really wasn't looking forward to yet another psychology text, but this one is actually enjoyable. The author has managed to pare down each study to the essentials and doesn't waste a ton of space trying to entertain the reader. I would recommend it for anyone ...
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Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science)
Robert Thompson
Make Books, 2008
Solid chemistry in a down-to-earth approach to learning...
Are you a frustrated chemist who never outgrew their fascination with the home chemistry kits of the good old days? Back when people took responsibility for their actions and "product liability" wasn't the fear of every company out there? This is the EXACT book you ...
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Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, Mahadev H. Desai
Beacon Press, 1993
A life changing book
This is easily the most powerful book I have ever read. Gandhi does a great job of telling the story in his life in such a way that not only tells a story, but teaches lessons that go along with it. The title explains a lot, considering that Gandhi considered his ...
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Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius
Gavin D J Harper
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2008
A very interesting and useful book for undergraduate school teachers and students
The book shows the principles behind fuel cell devices using interesting experiments. It presents, for my surprise, a procedure to make a membrane electrode assembly using home avaliable equipaments. It has a rigorous scientific aproach about the theme (hydrogen and ...
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Janice VanCleave's Big Book of Play and Find Out Science Projects (Janice VanCleave's Science for Fun)
Janice VanCleave
Jossey-Bass, 2007
Introduce young children to the wonders of science Using this book as a guide, you and your favorite budding scientist can have fun exploring the world while you help your child learn about science and develop important science process skills. You may think it's hard to get young children interested in science, but just watch their eyes ...
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Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century
Lauren Slater
W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
Opening Skinner's Box
Very well written. A page turner. Great experiments disected to be relevant for everyday experiences. Makes one think about today's society in a different light and rethink one's belief system.
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Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Gene Kranz
Berkley Trade, 2001
Best Overview of Later Apollo Missions
My teenage interest in rocketry, launching about 1000 tiny rockets in all, my dreams of extraterrestrial voyages from reading science fiction, and being involved in real countdowns for liquid propellant rocket motors in the MIT Rocket Research Society all came back ...
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Nature in a Nutshell for Kids: Over 100 Activities You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
Jean Potter
Jossey-Bass, 1995
A MUST for Home Educator's
I am a Home Educating mother of two. We have gone through literally dozens of Science books, some with sensational full color. However, this black and white back-to-basics book "Nature in a Nutshell for Kids" has been a knock-out with my kids! It's simple and the ...
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